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Record Nr.

UNINA9910698268703321

Autore

Young David L

Titolo

Unusual capacitance emission transients in CIGS caused by large defect entropy changes [[electronic resource] /] / D.L. Young, K. Ramanathan, and R.S. Crandall

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Golden, Colo. : , : National Renewable Energy Laboratory, , [2005]

Descrizione fisica

4 pages : digital, PDF file

Collana

Conference paper ; ; NREL/CP-520-37359

Altri autori (Persone)

RamanathanKannan

CrandallRichard S

Soggetti

Solar cells - Materials - Effect of temperature on

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed on May 9, 2006).

"February 2005."

2005-08-21.

Sommario/riassunto

Capacitance transient data from bias-pulse experiments on CdS/CIGS solar cells show an unusual behavior at high temperatures. Above 350 K, a minority-carrier trap, with a larger activation energy than a majority-carrier trap, emits faster than the lower activation-energy minority trap. A simple enthalpy model for trap emission cannot explain this counterintuitive behavior; but the more complete Gibbs free-energy model that includes entropy can explain it. We show that entropy plays a major role in carrier emission from traps in CIGS.